Thakkalapalli Purushothama Rao (born 20 March 1937) is an Indian politician.
He was the cabinet minister for Roads, Buildings and Ports, Government of Andhra Pradesh from 1993 to 1994.
[1] Presently he is the Chairman for High Power Committee on Remote Interior Area Development.
[2] Rao was born in an affluent royal family on 20 March 1937 in Konkapaka village of Warangal district, Hyderabad State.
The AICC has made him the chairman of Gandhipatham of APCC to propagate the ideals of Gandhiji, in intellectual circles he is called Gandhian Marxist[7] The Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University honored Rao with Doctorate in 2008 for his service to the society.